Sash-holder



K. NAUDULAITIS.

SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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#160 45 mdukajzi KLEOFAS NAUDULAITIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed November 25, 1919. Serial No. 340,536.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KLEOFAS NAUDULAI- TIS, a citizen of Lithuania, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State oftIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is 'to providea window sash holder of great Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view show ing the application of the holder and rack to a window.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the holder, and

Fig. 4: is a front elevational view of the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates a window sash, having mounted upon one of its side frames, the ratchet toothed rack 11, secured by the screws 12 and 13 respectively.

The side casing 14 is mortised out to receive the hollow holder casing 15 and recessed for the projecting face plate 16, having beveled perforations 17 designed to secure the holder within the mortise, by means of proper screws.

An escutcheon plate 20, provided with means for securing to the casing 15 by the screws 21, has an elongated aperture 22- adapted to limit the downward movement of the locking lever 24 operating therein. The lower arm 26 of the lever 2a is pivotally secured as at 28 to an .ear 27 on plate 16. A finger hold or hook 25 is provided to facilitate the operation of the lever.

An upwardly extending lever element 30 passes through an elongated slot 31 in the plate 16, and has formed upon the extending portion ratchet teeth 32, matching and engageable with the ratchet toothed rack 11, by the action of the compression spring 33, held against displacement by the stub pins 84 and 35.

A button 37 is secured to the lever element 24, and an elongated slot 88 is provided for guiding the lever 2d and facilitating assembling.

In operation, when it is desired to raise the window, the knob or button 87 is depressed or moved down toward the lug 25. Releasing the knob 37 allows the spring 33 to force the teeth 32 into engagement with the rack thereby locking the sash in a manner which will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a window sash provided with a rack and a recessed window frame, a casing adapted to be secured in the recess of said frame and provided with openings in its rear and front wall, an operating lever pivoted with its lower rear arm to an ear in said casing, an upperarm on said lever provided with ratchet teeth passing through the opening in the rear wall of the casing into engagement with said rack, a front arm on said lever passing through the opening in the front wall of said casing normally close to the upper end of the opening, stub pins on the rear edge of the upper lever arm oppositely disposed to the edge. of said arm provided with the ratchet teeth, and stub pins on the inner front wall of the casing, a coiled spring wound with its ends around said stub pins intending to normally press the teeth of said KLEOFAS NAUDULAITIS. 

